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Wordnet 3.0

VERB (2)

1. change (the Eucharist bread and wine) into the body and blood of Christ;

2. change or alter in form, appearance, or nature;
- Example: "This experience transformed her completely"
- Example: "She transformed the clay into a beautiful sculpture"
- Example: "transubstantiate one element into another"
[syn: transform, transmute, transubstantiate]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Transubstantiate \Tran`sub*stan"ti*ate\, v. t. [LL. transubstantiatus, p. p. of transubstantiare to transubstantiate; L. trans across, over + substantia substance. See Substance.] 1. To change into another substance. [R.] [1913 Webster] The spider love which transubstantiates all, And can convert manna to gall. --Donne. [1913 Webster] 2. (R. C. Theol.) To change, as the sacramental elements, bread and wine, into the flesh and blood of Christ. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

transubstantiate v 1: change (the Eucharist bread and wine) into the body and blood of Christ 2: change or alter in form, appearance, or nature; "This experience transformed her completely"; "She transformed the clay into a beautiful sculpture"; "transubstantiate one element into another" [syn: transform, transmute, transubstantiate]